Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh ReviewLongmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1872 - 855 páginas |
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... mind , emancipated from the influence of authority , and devoted to the search of truth . Milton professes to form his system from the Bible alone ; and his digest of scriptural texts is certainly among the best that have ap- peared ...
... mind , emancipated from the influence of authority , and devoted to the search of truth . Milton professes to form his system from the Bible alone ; and his digest of scriptural texts is certainly among the best that have ap- peared ...
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... mind , if anything which gives so much pleasure ought to be called unsoundness . By poetry we mean not all writing in verse , nor even all good writing in verse . Our definition excludes many metrical compositions which , on other ...
... mind , if anything which gives so much pleasure ought to be called unsoundness . By poetry we mean not all writing in verse , nor even all good writing in verse . Our definition excludes many metrical compositions which , on other ...
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... mind . He must unlearn much of that knowledge which has perhaps con- stituted hitherto his chief title to superiority . His very talents will be a hin- drance to him . His difficulties will be proportioned to his proficiency in the ...
... mind . He must unlearn much of that knowledge which has perhaps con- stituted hitherto his chief title to superiority . His very talents will be a hin- drance to him . His difficulties will be proportioned to his proficiency in the ...
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... mind through conductors . The most unimaginative man must understand the Iliad . Homer gives him no choice , and requires from him no exertion , but takes the whole upon himself , and sets the images in so clear a light , that it is ...
... mind through conductors . The most unimaginative man must understand the Iliad . Homer gives him no choice , and requires from him no exertion , but takes the whole upon himself , and sets the images in so clear a light , that it is ...
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... mind was , in the noble language of the Hebrew poet , land of darkness , as darkness itself , and where the light was as darkness . " The gloom of his character discolours all the passions of men , and all the face of nature , and ...
... mind was , in the noble language of the Hebrew poet , land of darkness , as darkness itself , and where the light was as darkness . " The gloom of his character discolours all the passions of men , and all the face of nature , and ...
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